Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nose poke

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English

Syllables
nose poke
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make a selection in a psychological experiment by poking the nose through one of several apertures in order to break a light beam

noun

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Inflected Forms

nose pokes (present, singular) nose poking (participle, present) nose poked (participle, past) nose poked (past) nosepoke (alternative) nose-poke (alternative) nose pokes (plural)

Questions

What does nose poke mean?
To make a selection in a psychological experiment by poking the nose through one of several apertures in order to break a light beam

How to pronounce nose poke

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